Re: [Tails-dev] Tails Feature Highly requested - Very Import…

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Author: intrigeri
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To: s7r
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails Feature Highly requested - Very Important
Hi,

thanks for your interest in making Tails better.

s7r@??? wrote (03 Oct 2013 16:58:15 GMT) :
> I think it will be wise, nice and recommended to build in the next
> version of Tails a "Secure Web Server" or something like this which
> will enable users to run hidden services on Tails with the piece of
> mind that the web server is properly secured and it cannot be
> exploited in order to "spit" the real IP address of the server or
> any data about the site which should not be known to third parties.


This effort has been stalled for more than a year, but here's
a preliminary design: https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/server_edition/

AFAIK nobody is working on this as of today, so if I were you, I would
not be holding my breath. But you're most welcome to make this happen!

> Also, bitcoin-qt with improvements to work on Tails and only via Tor
> would be a great thing for all Tails users.


Having a proper backport in wheezy-backports would be a nice first
step. Perhaps you (or someone you know) could help make this happen on
the Debian side?

> This will attract more users to Tails since it would be used on both
> client-side and server-side and, also, most important, be what Tails
> is expected to be : no #1 anonymity distro based on Tor with all taken
> care of.


Quite frankly, I don't think we as a project bother ourselves that
much with being #1 -- there are many different usecases, and while we
try to make Tails as good as possible for those we support [1], there
are probably better solutions for some of those use cases, and for
others :)

[1] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/

Cheers,
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intrigeri
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